2003 EUROPEAN JUNIOR CUP The Rules were revised at a general meeting of European and Mediterranean Countries attending the 7 th World Junior Archery Championships held in Nymburk 4 th 10 th August 2002. Calendar of the European Junior Cup 2003 1. 21 st 26 th May Templin (Berlin) Germany Qualification 2 x 70m 2. 2 nd 6 th July Cles, Trento, Italy Qualification 2 x 70m 3. 25 th 30 th August 9 th European and Mediterranean Junior Archery Championships, Greece, incorporating the 2003 Junior Cup Final. Please note that for bids to host 2004 Europa Cup Events should be submitted to the Junior Committee, latest June 30 th 2003. These bids should comply with the calendar requirements as stated in (1b) of the Junior Cup Regulations as follows: 1) 1 st Leg mid. April 2004 2) 2 nd Leg end of May 2004 EMAU Commission for Junior Development: Chairman: Lynne Evans Great Britain Tel. +44 1749 346944 E-mail lynne.evans@btinternet.com Marc Dellenbach France Tel. +33 1 41 74 45 06 E-mail fmpdellenbach@voila.fr Irena Rosa Slovenia Tel. +386 5 6526133 E-mail irena.rosa@guest.arnes.si John Skou Denmark Tel. +45 86 82 14 71 E-mail j.skou@12move.dk Jean Vercaigne Belgium Tel. +32 14 37 77 47 E-mail jean-vercaigne@freegates.be jvercaigne@handboogliga.be The Committee is formed by an election at the Team Captains Meeting during the Final Leg of the Cup, or the EMAU Junior Championships. Member Associations will be invited to nominate candidates in writing, with a C.V. The elected members will be ratified by the EMAU Council, The President of EMAU will also appoint the Chairman of the Committee from those elected members.
RULES OF THE EUROPEAN JUNIOR CUP 1. Junior Cup General Format: 1a) Number of Competitions each year: Even Years: 2 Cups will be held to include the Junior Cup Final. Plus the FITA World Junior Championship. Odd Years: The European and Mediterranean Junior Championships, incorporating the final of the Europa Cup will be held with two further legs of the Cup. 1b) Calendar of Competitions: The school calendar in Europe has to be taken into account in relation to setting the timetable for the Europa Cup. June and the beginning of July must be avoided and the Final should take place before the end of August. 1c) Participation Costs: It is recommended that the following prices for accommodation and entry fees are not exceeded: Full board per person per day: EURO 55 Entry Fee: EURO 30 There will be no entry fees for officials 1d) Classes admitted: The Europa Cup is for Juniors in the Compound and Recurve divisions for both men and women, aged 18 years and under in the year of the competition, and for Cadets in the Compound and Recurve Division aged 16 years and under in the year of the competition giving 8 classes. Maximum 4 archers per class, giving a total of 32 archers per Country. The Host Nation for each Leg of the Cup has the right to invite (in cooperation with the Junior Committee) one Nation (FITA M.A.) from outside EMAU C.A. Only one Nation per Leg of the Cup, this may include the Final. The EMAU Championships are closed to all outside EMAU Nations. EMAU M.A s who have not participated in any leg of the Cup for a period of 5 years may apply to the Junior Committee, via the EMAU Secretariat for a grant to enable one archer & a coach to compete. The grant will be awarded upon the decision of the Junior Committee & ratified by the EMAU Council. The Host Nation of a leg of the Cup is asked to support the lodging & subsistence of a successful applicant. The qualification round is a 2 x 70 m round in 2003 1e) Team competitions and the formation of International Teams: At the end of the qualification round, in order to maximise the number of archers shooting in the final, European teams in each class will be automatically formed by the organisers in liaison with the EMAU Junior Committee for Development. European Teams will be selected to prevent the necessity for byes i.e. up to 16 teams. International Teams will be recognised in the award ceremony as a medal winning team. The formation of European teams is not permitted when the Europa Cup is held at the same time as the European & Mediterranean Junior Championships.
European Teams will be formed with a method of average scores of the teams: Take the team that is placed exactly ½ way between the 1 st placed team and the last placed team. Take that score of the 3 qualification (FITA 70m rounds or FITA round) and select the archers for the International Team based on a combined score equal to the average as described. 1g) Medals and certificates for each competition, incl the Final: The 3 best results in each division and in each category of the individual and team finals in each leg of the Europa Cup will receive medals as the winners of that tournament. (Responsibility of Organiser) It is recommended that during the medal and prize giving ceremonies, all the winners are brought together on the podium and the European anthem is played instead of the National anthem of the countries involved. 1h) Awards in the Final of the Europa Cup: Medals will be awarded to the individual winners in each class based upon the scores of the FITA round in the Final added to the FITA 70m score from the previous legs of the Cup. 1I) Awarding the Europa Cup: The onus is on the host organising committee to provide all trophies including the Annual Europa Cup, which is to be engraved: THE EUROPA CUP 20xx. The Europa Cup will be awarded every year at the Final to the country, which has participated in at least one of the two initial rounds of the Cup and in the Final. A class is valid if at least three countries participate. The Europa Cup will be awarded to the country which has the highest total score, determined as follows: The results of each country in the Team final round in each category and division will be taken into account in the calculation. For each country and each class, the score in the Final and the best score in one of the two initial Cups are calculated each time a country is classified in the first four places. The points are allocated as follows: 10 points for 1 st place 8 points for 2 nd place 4 points for 3 rd place 2 points for 4 th place In the case of a tie, the number of first places, second places etc. Will be considered. If there is still a tie, the best team score in the FITA Round qualifying round of the Final of the Cup, whatever division or category, will determine the winning country. 1j) Disputes: Only the meeting of the Team Captains is entitled to resolve any problems, which could arise concerning interpretation, application or modification of the rules. The meeting of team managers will give the ruling by a simple majority, one vote per country present at the meeting. A Jury of Appeal will be appointed, with alternates, at the European & Mediterranean Junior Championships.
RULES OF THE EUROPEAN JUNIOR CUP 2. Shooting Rules: The shooting rules will comply with those of FITA, which are in force in the year of the organisation of the Europa Cup. 2a) Programme: Normal Europa Cup (4 days with official training): Final day Saturday: Day 1: Arrival & Accreditation of teams. p.m. Official Practice Team Captain s meeting in the evening. Day 2: a.m. Qualification Round 2 x 70 M Team Captain s meeting if necessary. p.m. Team elimination and Final rounds Day 3: Day 4: Individual elimination rounds Individual Finals Podium Medal Ceremony Disco Final of the Europa Cup and/or EMAU European Championships (5-6days with official training): Final day Saturday: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Arrival of Teams Arrival of Team in the morning. Official training Official training Team Captains Meeting Opening Ceremony Qualification round 2 x 70 M Individual elimination rounds Day 4 Team elimination and Final rounds Team/individual elimination Day 5 Individual elimination and final rounds Team/individual Finals Podium Medal Ceremony Closing Ceremony Disco and awarding of certificates 2b) Warming up: A suitable practice field will be at the disposal of all archers during the whole of each day, adjacent to and in the same direction as the official competition ground. If the practice field is not in the same axis during the elimination and final rounds, the archers will be allowed to shoot 6 sighter arrows immediately before their first match of the day. 2c) Targets: A minimum of 32 targets is necessary for the elimination and finals rounds. The shooting lanes will have a minimum width of 5 metres for 2 targets, thus 2.5 metres per target. For AB/CD shooting in 2 details: minimum width of 4 metres for 2 targets.
2d) The Cut-Off: Byes will be shot in all categories where there are less than 64 archers registered at the start of the Qualification Round. Where necessary Matches from several categories will be combined. This applies to both Individual & Team Competitions. This conforms to FITA rules. 64 archers per class will qualify for the individual elimination round. If the number of qualifying archers is less than 64 in any class, (or less than 32 or 16 or 8 or 4), those archers having a bye will automatically qualify but may shoot if they wish. In the team round, the first 16 teams per class will be seeded. If these are not 16 teams, European teams can be formed. If necessary the bye rule will apply as in the individual classes. 2e) Format for Europa Cup final rounds: Certain FITA rules and procedures will not apply with regard to the scoring and collecting of arrows during the elimination and finals rounds up to, but not necessarily including the medal matches. Archers both in the individual rounds and team matches will continue to score & collect their arrows as in the qualification rounds. The scores will be displayed at the base of the target after each end. Electronic scoring and individual timing apparatus for the finals rounds are not required. The organiser will arrange for 8 adjudicators to oversee the individual and team finals matches. The quarter and semi-finals matches will be shot in the same format as the elimination rounds i.e. not alternating. Each match consisting of 12 arrows shot in ends of 3 arrows in two minutes. The scores after each end to be displayed on scoreboards situated at the base of the target. The final matches for the Bronze, Silver and Gold Medals will follow the FITA ruling of alternate shooting. At this stage of the event two targets will be utilised for each match i.e. one archer per target. All bronze medal matches will be shot at the same time. All Cadet gold medal matches will be shot at the same time and all Junior gold medal matches will be shot at the same time. The organiser can of course, place behind the waiting line, facing the spectators, any system to inform the public immediately the score of each arrow without disturbing the competition. This information will not be checked by the adjudicators.
Name and address list of the Junior Committee: Chairman: Member: Mrs. Lynne Evans (Great Britain) 17, Henley Rise Shepton Mallet Somerset BA4 4AW, Great Britain Tel. + 44 1982 553044 Fax + 44 1982 551181 E-mail lynne.evans@btinternet.com Marc Dellenbach INSEP 11 Avenue du Tremblay 75 012 Paris Tel. + 33 1 41 74 45 06 France E-mail fmpdellenbach@voila.fr Member: Irena Rosa (Liaison to FITA junior Committee) Hrvatini 188 6280 Ankaran Tel. +386 5 6526133 Slovenia E-mail irena.rosa@guest.arnes.si Member: John Skou Nyvangen 70 8600 Silkeborg Tel. + 45 86 82 14 71 Denmark E-mail j.skou@12move.dk Member: Jean Vercaigne Bergenstraat 10 B-2480 Dessel Tel. + 32 14 37 77 47 Belgium E-mail jean-vercaigne@freegates.be jvercaigne@handboogliga.be EMAU: Junior Cup rules amended: August 2002 (JS) Rules to be ratified by EMAU Council.